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  1. 25 votes

    The ability to move multiple pages in one drag-and-drop

    It would be nice to be able to highlight all the pages in a feature (say, three spreads) and be able to move the whole feature in one drag and drop, instead of having to move each spread individually.

  2. 20 votes

    Multiple user accounts per magazine

    Since developing a flatplan is really a collaborative process (in most cases) I think being able to have multiple users with variable access rights and permissions would be a nice addition to blinkplan.

  3. 16 votes

    The ability to swap single pages super-quick

    When placing adverts and single page articles and so forth it's quit awkward to move them about. Clicking on a single page and simply saying "swap that with page X" would be really useful. So shifting single page adverts around a magazine becomes far easier.

  4. 15 votes

    Customizable content-size templates

    I make the flatplans for several newspapers which share the same content dimensions. We use ads and editorial shapes that are sized 1/16 page, 9/16 page, 1/4 vertical and horizontal, 3/8 vertical and horizontal, etc. If we could customize our own templates to fit our own peculiar needs, we would ... more

  5. 14 votes

    That 'notes' can be linked to a specific page/DPS

    The reason i set up blinkplan was so that designers and I can work remotely. I want to give my designers instructions for some pages. Its very tedious for them to scroll through my entire notes.

  6. 9 votes

    Why not add (optional) Radio Buttons/Checkboxes to spreads

    Obviously, lots of people work from the flatplans (designers, ad people, editors), so wouldn't it be good to have check boxes that can be assigned to a page/spread/feature by the administrator, with status descriptions such as 'materials supplied'/'laid out'/'sent for approval' etc. (status descr... more

    These statuses would only be visible online - not in the PDF, right?

    joergd Admin
  7. 7 votes

    Putting Gatefold pages at the front of the flatplan

    When I have a gatefold cover, I make the cover section 6 pages (instead of 4), and Blinkplan adds the extra 2 pages at the back of the flatplan -- which is a bit confusing. Can we have these pages be at the front of the flatplan?

  8. 7 votes

    login?

    this software looks great! but it could do with a login button to access our flatplans. or am i missing something. i realise i can type into the browser, but a login would be easier. i think(?!)

    other than that - so far it's cool!
    james.

  9. 7 votes

    Link pages to Xpress / Indesign files

    Blinkplan is user-friendly, cool and efficient. If it is able to link pages or sections to Xpress / Indesign files, it'ld become very powerful…

  10. 4 votes

    page numbering

    It would be good to know how to alter page numbering: in a 48 plus 4 page publication, I would like to count the four pages as Cover, IFC, which you do, and then IBC (inside back cover) and then BC (back cover)

  11. 4 votes

    Export content list

    The ability to export a list with: page number, content, content distribution, status, so that you can have a list view of the total content in the magazine.

  12. 3 votes

    Spanning for identical pages

    Retaining the option to span pages with identical settings on edit. Didn't seem to be available for edits subsequent to creation.

  13. 3 votes

    The ability to add Circle #'s to the ad pages

    My publication has Reader Circle #'s for lead generation for our advertisers. It would be great if we could have the option of adding a circle # to Advertising pages.

  14. 3 votes

    The ability to define PDF settings

    It would be great if when the user clicks on "Download PDF" they were presented with options on how many pages of the flat plan would print per page in the PDF. Default now is - I believe - 97 or so - I'd love to see the pages slightly bigger so that the PDF has something along the lin... more

  15. 2 votes

    Putting the number of the page being edited on screen

    Putting the number of the page being edited on screen when changing ad or editorial shapes, or changing text details of stories allocated to pages.

  16. 1 votes
  17. 1 votes

    Still thinks I am using IE when I am not

    I have created a free trial account and you tell me I am using IE when I am using Firefox. The firts pages renders in basix html, gives me an error message about a PDF which I don't understand, cannot open the feedback [age, none of the links work.......this hasn't moved on since the same thing h... more

  18. 1 votes

    Alternative pricing plans

    The price model available seems focused on monthly magazines. Blinkplan could be a perfect match for my company if there where alternatives to that. My need is roughly fifty individual flatplans (with individual work groups) annually, where each flatplan would be active during half a year.

  19. 1 votes
  20. 0 votes

    Providing a note on how to reduce size of book

    You make it easy to take it up, but not down. Resetting the section size and deleting extraneous spreads does the trick, but some people might need to be told that -- and maybe there's a better way.

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